Bill,

Just saw this thread now,  had this same problem a couple days ago. Did the

exact same thing as you did. removed the rpm package with 
ssl_match_hostname

in it, then manually removed those same dirs. Then reinstalled 
python-urllib3, then

after that I reinstalled python-backports-ssl_match_hostname. Was having 
problems

with certbot because of this problem.


On 26-05-18 17:16, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> But first.....
>> I found a pile of directories from the attempts to install python-urllib3. I deleted them all
>> rm -fr /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname*
>> (dangerous, I know)
>> and the rpm then installed OK.
>>
>> Hopefully, that is the end of that problem. Now for the other one.
>> Cheers
>> Bill
> Turns out this is a known issue. See this RHEL users' discussion thread:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/discussions/3411171#comment-1300851
>
> and a solution article:
>
> https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3440171
> (basically saying the same thing as in the discussion post: issues
> with python backports files)
>
> Akemi